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It is conventional to number the three persons of Latin and Greek and many other languages so that the first person is the speaker, the second one is the listener, and the third one is anyone else.
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I think the question is straightforward, "odi" to me appears to be the imperative while "amo" is the singular 1st p. Is this some construction I am unaware of with "et"?
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When translating the word "family" into Latin it seems obvious to go to "familia". However, multiple sources (most quoting Richard Saller) tell me that "familia" derives ...
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I'm interested in account of colors associated with emotions. It might be an explicit passage by a Roman, sporadic sentences (like: "he became green out of envy) or relics to be found in ...
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What is the referent of "illa" in the passage below from Simon Episcopius's Institutiones theologicae and how would it be translated?
Nec dicam operose de Theologiae, quas vocant, ...
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I just saw in the news that a new dinosaur species was discovered and its scientific name is Vectaerovenator inopinatus.
What exactly does this name actually mean as a Latin word?
How should I parse ...
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In A&G on indefinite pronouns there are two sentences of a similar structure:
Bonus liber melior est quisque quō mâior. (The larger a good book is, the better.)
Quō quisque est sollertior, hōc ...
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Sorry if the question is not very deep, please edit the question if it is not accurate in meaning.
According to Wikipedia (and common understanding of people who sang Gloria), the meaning is stated ...
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I'm auto-converting any "Arabic" number in a text to Roman numerals.
This means that:
123
Becomes:
CXXIII
But what to do when I encounter decimals such as:
12.34
? Should I really do:
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I came across this expression in the book: The Invisible Man, (H.G. Wells)
Griffin contra mundum...with a vengeance
From my very basic knowledge of Latin (I'm a Bio. student) I take it that ...
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As part of a(nother) assignment for my Latin class, we have to write a description of how we spend our free time. I'm trying to translate this:
After my homework is done, I like to program.
So ...
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Are there idiomatic Latin exclamations similar to the English "oh no!" used when one finds oneself in an unfortunate situation?
The only thing that I came up with is that I might want to use vae or o ...
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The motto of Sir Francis Drake is:
Sic parvis magna
It is usually translated as "Greatness from small beginnings", but what is the literal translation? Would be be something like "Thus from ...
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I'm looking for someone that can help me produce a correct, coherent Latin phrase for a school project to be used as a motto, similar to the Marine Corps motto Semper Fidelis, etc. I would like the ...
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I definitely remember that one usually says: si quis veniret … and not: si aliquis veniret. But the recent question about quo quisque est sollertior and similar forms brought the following rule from ...
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